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Deliverable to NASA electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program to be published on ________________________________________ ________________________________________ _____ Title: Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Device Structures : Background, Fabrication Ecosystem, Relevance to Space Systems Applications, and Discussion of Related Radiation Effects Author: Shannon Alt, Author Jonathan Pellish, Technical Management NASA electronic Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Date: April 15th, 2016 ________________________________________ ________________________________________ _____ BOK Executive Summary: electronic Integrated circuits are considered one of the most significant technological advances of the 20th century, with demonstrated impact in their ability to incorporate successively higher numbers transistors and construct electronic devices onto a single CMOS chip. Photonic Integrated circuits (PICs) exist as the optical analog to Integrated circuits; however, in place of transistors, PICs consist of numerous scaled optical components, including such building-block Structures as waveguides, MMIs, lasers, and optical ring resonators.

and construct electronic devices onto a single CMOS chip. Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) exist as the optical analog to integrated circuits; however, in place of transistors, PICs consist of numerous scaled

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